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That advice could work in European cities, but NYC station names are often just the street number, and there might be multiple one with the same name (like 96th
by mihaic 5y ago
That advice could work in European cities, but NYC station names are often just the street number, and there might be multiple one with the same name (like 96th Street), but that are 1-2 km from each other.
- KptMarchewa 5y agoThat seems like a problem with station naming - how can you choose name that's not an unique identifier? How is Google Maps doing when you want to go to one of those stations?
- woodruffw 5y agoNYC’s subway system was originally two separate private companies and, later, an additional third public agency. As a result, there were competing lines on different avenues — you could (and still can) take the 7th and 8th Avenue lines from many of the same street numbers. It’s not actually that confusing in practice in Manhattan, since the entire borough is a grid. Google Maps locates the correct station just fine (you can search by bullet), but it’s very easy to just follow the avenues to get to whatever station you want.
- avianlyric 5y agoThe London Underground was once 4 or 5 different private entities which all ended up slowing consolidating and eventually made public. But that hasn’t prevented TfL from giving stations unique and useful names. Hell, I think most stations in london have been renamed at some point, several of them have been renamed multiple times.